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Installed a 6" ball valve closer to our Micro Hydro station. We installed a butterfly valve at the top of the hill about 15 feet from the weir. This allows us to turn off the flow when we have to do maintenance to the MH station. With the new 6" ball valve we can regulated the amount of power...

For anything of importance we use the big GRK screws.

Nice to be at this stage, now to get rid of all the dust once your done. Take care

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all as well.:santa:

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Not sure what the cost of your utility company will charge for the electrical service but, Think you get a fair bit more sunshine than we do here in BC. The cost to install an off grid system capable of doing what you may need might be less than the cost of the utility company service and then...

I"m an audiophile so take this for what it is. I like the KEF LS 50 wireless powered speakers . Great sound and easy set up' Good luck .

While I was away on vacation, working on my cabin client phoned me that his AC isn't working. Told him he woiuld have to wait till I'm back in Sept. It's to hot, told him my AC guy isn't taking on any more work as he is getting ready to retire. "A friend has a really good ac guy , will ask him...

My off grid set up on the Island is as follows. Using 8 PV 320W panels, which is enough for us while we are still building. Bought 36 panels as I was going to overpanel my set up due the weather/lack of sunshine. We are just north of Seattle in Vancouver area. Using 6 Tesla S batteries and have...

Formed, and poured concrete with two concrete mixers to make things faster. Walls were 8 to 10 tall and poured close to 6M. Took 6 of us to make it happen. Three guys bringing the material via 5G buckets to the mixing station. One guy dumping navijack, one adding bucket of cement and me in...

When we bury a gas (with a trace wire) or electrical line with a we trench down 24" then sand 12" . Then we install a pressure treated 2x6 with 3 " sand, the warning tape and then complete the back fill.

On one of my projects in 97 the hardwood flooring guy stained the oak flooring on a Friday afternoon. Saturday morning my oldest son and I went by to check up and see how the floors turned out. At the front entry of the house a plastic 5 gallon bucket and melted and lit on fire overnight. My...

STO makes a great product which we have used since 1988. Must be nice to get to this stage. Congrats.

Several companies make really good grinder shrouds for various size grinders. We have 4.5 and a 7 inch shrouds for our grinders. The smaller grinder has variable speed. Very helpful. Using a Rigid vacuum with the shrouds which makes concrete grinding almost dustless. We use diamond discs as...

Check if the hinges are NRP = Non Removable Pins. The hinges when the leaves are open should have a small set screw so that the pins/allen set screw are locked into the hinge. This makes the hinge non removable. Also ensure that the hinge screws get replaced with 3" screws into the jamb and...